Confidence in Teaching Personal Finance Grows from 9% to 70% Over the Past Decade
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PALO ALTO, Calif., March 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ 70% of high school teachers are very confident to teach personal finance, according to a study released earlier this month by Dr. Melody Harvey of University of Wisconsin-Madison and Dr. Carly Urban of Montana State University. This study demonstrates the significant changes in the personal finance instruction and professional development since an earlier 2009 study, which found that only 9% of teachers felt well qualified to teach personal finance (Way and Holden, 2009).
Here are the highlights of the study which was based on a sample of 504 teachers most likely to teach personal finance if a mandate passed in their state:
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Vermont Business Magazine Starting March 3, the Center for Financial Literacy at Champlain College, in partnership with the Vermont Agency of Education, will be offering free online (and on-demand) financial literacy training for all Vermont K-12 teachers.
More than 80,000 Vermont students could benefit from this program, which gives teachers access to the tools, resources, and training they need to successfully integrate personal finance education into their classrooms and organizations.
“Now is the time for financial literacy education, more than ever,” says Winooski High School teacher Courtney Poquette.
The program is being opened up to a wider audience this year thanks to the online nature of the training and because of the financial effects of pandemic. Homeschoolers and educators at nonprofits, after-school programs, and state and local agencies are also encouraged to participate.
NGPF s FinCap Friday achieves milestone of 1 million lessons completed by students; boosting knowledge of current events in personal finance
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PALO ALTO, Calif., Jan. 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Produced by Yanely Espinal, NGPF s FinCap Friday delivers a short explainer video and quiz game focused on finance-related current events and reaches thousands of classrooms every week. Started in August of 2018, FinCap Friday hit two milestones recently with the 100th lesson dropping on January 15th and the 1 millionth FinCap Friday lesson completed by students on January 22nd.
Capturing students attention with a relevant and engaging video paired with a short quiz has proven to be a winning formula. Short for FINancial CAPability, FinCap Fridays provide educators with a 10-15 minute activity to build content knowledge while also getting students actively discussing money topics.
NGPF Announces Winners in 4th Annual PAYBACK Challenge Contest; Awards $50,000 in Scholarships
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PALO ALTO, Calif., Jan. 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Next Gen Personal Finance (NGPF), a non-profit committed to ensuring that ALL students leave high school with the financial skills needed to thrive in the future, is pleased to recognize the National Grand Prize and Honorable Mention award recipients in their 4th annual PAYBACK Challenge Scholarship Contest.
Congratulations to the National Grand Prize winners who each will receive a $2,500 scholarship from NGPF to be used for educational purposes:
Alexandra Hovdestad of Lenape High School (Medford, NJ)